A look back at Town & Country's week of philanthropy.

Town & Countryhosted its inaugural Philanthropy Summit in New York City this week. Michael R. Bloomberg, Hunter Biden, Trudie Styler, Donna Karan, Lauren Bush Lauren, Chelsea Clinton (pictured here with T&C editor in chief Jay Fielden) and Geoffrey Canada are a few of the visionary leaders and philanthropists who came together at Hearst Tower for a day of thought-provoking panels and discussions on education, world hunger, technology, global responsibility, and medical research, among other topics.

The Summit officially kicked-off Tuesday evening with a screening of Generosity of Eye at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater. Directed by Brad Hall, the film is the personal tale of actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus discovering how her father William Louis-Dreyfus's passions for art, justice and education collide in a single act of generosity that will benefit Geoffrey Canada's Harlem Children's Zone. Julia Louis-Dreyfus—who co-hosted the event with Fielden—was on hand along with her father, William Louis-Dreyfus, director Brad Hall, and his son Henry Hall, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Geoffrey Canada and Amanda Hearst.

Michael Bloomberg delivers the keynote opening remarks.

Michael Bloomberg delivers the keynote opening remarks.

Some highlights:

"You never once put me on the cover of Town & Country, I don't see why not—Hugh Jackman got a cover and so did Prince Harry, so I wouldn't be the first ruggedly handsome international heartthrob on the cover of the magazine."

On philanthropy and innovation:

"To me, what makes philanthropy so exciting and such a force for lasting change is the ways that it can fuel and spread innovation."

"Having spent 12 years in government, I can tell you that the public sector traditionally has not innovated very well … the incentives just aren't there, in fact there are powerful disincentives working against government innovation because innovation by definition sometimes involves failure, and if there's anything that scares elected officials, not to mention their consultants, it is failure—the press magnifies failure, they harp on it, and they sensationalize it, and opponents exploit that … In science, it's exactly the reverse—we laud people who go down paths that turn out to be dead ends…"